CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- Moms Demand Action, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news release: The Illinois chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, released the following statements after a 9-year-old girl was killed and 10 others were wounded, including three children, in a mass shooting in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of Chicago on Saturday evening. "I have no words to express how   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- The American Hospital Association issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The American Hospital Association (AHA) today presented two federal hospital leaders with awards recognizing their outstanding service to the health care field. These awards recognize uniformed and non-uniformed federal health care leaders who have distinguished themselves through singularly significant or innovative achievements and leadership that have contributed substantiall  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- The American Library Association issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Today, the American Library Association (ALA) officially launches the annual #FundLibraries campaign, calling on advocates in every congressional district to ask their members of Congress to cosign Dear Appropriator letters to fund the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program. The LSTA letter, circulated by U.S. Senator Ja  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 15 [Category: Medical] -- The American Medical Association issued the following news release: Statement attributed to: Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, M.D., MPH President, American Medical Association "In a substantive discussion of Medicare, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) last week highlighted the multitude of challenges facing physician practices that result from Medicare's problematic payment system. The American Medical Association (AMA) appreciates its co  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- The American Association of Endodontists issued the following news release: The American Association of Endodontists (AAE) announced it is looking forward to welcoming thousands of its member endodontists and dental professionals to its annual meeting, AAE24, to Los Angeles April 17-20. Endodontists are dental specialists who relieve patients' tooth pain and save their natural teeth via root canal treatment. The AAE provides its members with the highest quality   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- The American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, issued the following news release: Gabriela Gualano, teacher librarian at Paul Revere Middle School in Los Angeles, California, is the recipient of the 2024 American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Frances Henne Award. Sponsored by Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited, the $1,250 award recognizes a school librarian with five years or less experience who demonstrates l  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: The American Library Association (ALA) has awarded its fifth Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant to the Hoboken (NJ) Public Library and the Independence (KS) Public Library. The winning libraries will bolster their initiatives aimed at promoting food security and addressing homelessness within their communities. The $2,000 annual grant assists school, public, academic, tribal and spe  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- The Illinois Policy Institute issued the following news release: The current Chicago Teachers Union contract expires June 30, 2024, and a leaked 142-page draft outlines what Chicagoans can expect the union to demand in that upcoming contact. Analysis from the Illinois Policy Institute shows (https://illinoispolicy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7fe208d3c85ffa1d03aeaade4&id=3f28d7ba2e&e=56be2d2c7d) the union's demands fall far outside the traditional bargaining  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- The American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, issued the following news release: The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has announced the results of its 2024 election. Members elected Amanda Kordeliski, Director of Libraries and Instructional Technology for Norman Public Schools in Oklahoma, as the 2024-2025 President-Elect. She will serve as the AASL President during the 2025-2026 term and immediate P  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- The National Council of State Boards of Nursing issued the following news release: On the heels of its groundbreaking 2022 research, NCSBN will launch the 2024 National Nursing Workforce Survey in April 2024. The survey will run through September 2024. The largest, most comprehensive and rigorous evaluation of the entire nursing workforce, NCSBN's survey in 2022 found that almost 1 million nurses indicated an intent to leave the profession by 2027. "It is impera  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- The Society of Actuaries issued the following news release: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) announce a new jointly-sponsored exam reimbursement program. The new Actuarial Exam Support Program, based on qualifications of need, is available to candidates as of May 1, 2024. The program is an expanded version of the current in-force Needs-Based Exam Reimbursement program and aims to extend support to a broader range of candidat  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 16 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 5 with 2023 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. SPJ's Region 5 comprises Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regions. National winners will be notified in the late spring. MOE Awards entries are judged by profess  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: The American Library Association (ALA) has awarded its 2024 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant, a programming grant named after the transformative ALA leader, to the Library System of Bradford County (New Albany, Penn.), Danbury (Conn.) Public Library and Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Libraries (Mount Pleasant, Mich.). The $2,500 grant, open to public, academic, K-12, tribal and special libraries, supports mea  more